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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for September 27 |
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Posted by Greg_UWS on Thu Sep 29 00:57:13 2016, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for September 27, posted by Catfish 44 on Tue Sep 27 10:21:30 2016. It was a tragic accident but the "young guy," a recent immigrant from Jamaica, had no business operating the test train. I recall reading at the time that the young man was either a friend or relative of Roger Toussaint, TWU president.The cinder blocks were in the cars to simulate the weight of a train full of people. The "trainee" was operating manually (not "driverless" as today's revenue service is), took a curve much, much too fast and the train derailed forcing the cinder blocks to crash to the front and crushing the driver. Sad end to a young man's life but and incredibly stupid decision to allow a kid with no experience but "connections" to play with a train. |
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